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> What is the exposure time used in the panoramic view? Can you shoot a moving > train or must the action be still (a little contradiction there). I am glad that you asked these questions, as they made me remember a few more points about using the 6x17 "panoramic" camera that I had forgotten to mention in my last post. Because of that circular graduated n.d. filter over the lens, AND the 6x17 camera's maximum aperture of f/5.6 or f/8 (no memory here any more), the effective maximum f-stop of around f/8 or f/11 requires a slower shutter speed than you probably would want to use for photographing moving trains with slower-speed transparency films. But with its much larger image size, you could bump-up to faster film and still have nice images. If you shoot color negative, you could have your local lab make enlarged "contact" sheets by placing the roll's four strips of 120 negative (sorry, I said three shot per roll but it is four) into an 8x0 enlarger and make a 16x20 proof print with four separate images that could be cut apart and framed. The camera has a scale focusing device where you estimate the camera-to-subject distance and then move a pointer on the camera's focus scale. Since the camera is usually focused toward infinity for "panoramic" photos, this is not as critical as you would think. I believe (?) that there was some sort of ground glass camera back for this 6x17 camera for critical focus when the camera was mounted on a tripod before loading the roll of film into the body, but cannot swear to this--if it exists, I never used it and just do not remember. Because of that L-O-N-G film frame, the camera has a leaf shutter, not a focal plane shutter. Truthfully, I enjoyed playing with the 6x17 camera, and those 6x17 images sure are impressive when laid-out on a light table, especially with that puny 35mm stuff right next to them! Heck, my 6x17 transparencies even make 6x6 and 6x7 transparencies look small. I hope this helps you. John B. Corns Owings Mills, Maryland _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
